Ofelia's Chic Boutique — Local services in Sparta

I really don't want to do this review. I feel as though I have to. I visited Sparta back in March (2024) and I dropped into this store while there. She had just opened up for the year and was excited to have customers inside. Ofelia is a very sweet woman. She is very sociable and very easy to talk to. My complaint is not about her specifically. It's about the items I bought while there.

Usually, when I am purchasing hygiene items, I read ingredients. I am picky about what I use because I have sensitive skin and i break out easily. While shopping here, Ofelia followed my aunt and I around the whole time, talking with us. I didn't mind, as she really is a sweet woman and was so easy to chat with. However, I was distracted because we were chatting. I ended up purchasing a couple different lotions, a lotion/ soap gift set, and a couple other small items. I spent a decent amount in that store.

It wasn't until that night that I was looking at the lotion bottles and reading the ingredients that I noticed that the lotions I bought and the gift set were all expired. Not by a couple months. They've been expired for 2 whole years. I also happened to notice that one of these bottles had an actual cancer warning regarding the ingredients! Normally, I would just count my losses, but 2 of these items were between $25-$28 each. We were hitting the road the following morning to head out, and in order to return these items, we would have had to stay 3 hours later than we planned to in order for her to be open. I had to take a loss on this one so we could stay on schedule.

I understand that running a store, things will expire from time to time. But I still paid full price for these items, except for one. I was told that the items in her store were high dollar items that had good and natural ingredients, then I found a freaking cancer warning on one of the bottles later that night. I almost felt like the chit-chat was intentional at that point, to keep us talking enough that we didn't look closely at what we were buying. Had these items not been expired by 2 years, I would absolutely give the store a 5 star rating. I did not use these items. Having a cancer warning and being expired, I threw these things away and literally just lost out on my money.

My advice, don't be afraid to shop here, but be vigilant about what you are buying. I wish that I had been talking less and paying more attention. I spent around 100 bucks in that store, if I recall correctly. That's not a good feeling. I have included photos of one of the bottles that was purchased from there. The others I didn't take photos of before tossing them. The bottle in the...

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